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patriarchate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Patriarchate \Pa`tri*ar"chate\ (p>amac/`tr[i^]*[aum]r"k[asl]t), n. [Cf. F. patriarcat.] 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. --Jer. Taylor. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch. 3. (Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See {Patriarchal}, a., 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: patriarchate n 1: the jurisdiction of a patriarch 2: a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line [syn: {patriarchy}]
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